Archives - 08 February 2013, Friday

The BoP (Bottom of Pyramid) customer refers to the estimated 4 billion people around the world who lives in relative poverty, and are poor by any measure. These group of people generally have limited or no access to essential products and services such as energy, clean water, and comm...

Embark on a DSCVR road trip with DailySocial to uncover Indonesia’s top tech talents February 8, 2013 by Stephanie SUTANTO DailySocial wants to take you on a road trip with them to discover the next batch of promising software developers, designers, and aspiring tech leaders throughou...

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Dr Bernard Leong has recently joined Vistaprint as a technology manager, where he manages an engineering team and builds new products for emerging markets. His former entrepreneurial stints include CTO and co-founder of Chalkboard where he has architected the platform for location bas...

The Innergie PocketCell Duo is a very light portable battery charger weighing 132.5g and has a capacity of 6,800mAh. It is capable of outputting 2.1A for each USB port. This makes charging high capacity devices like the iPad, iPad Mini, Samsung Galaxy Tab and Samsung Galaxy Note 2 fas...

Technology is changing the human experience, creating new connections between people, products and markets across the world. Design now play a critical role in engaging with users and customers to provide a sustainable strategic advantage while a disruptive innovation is the product o...

(M.A.P) is an initiative aimed at young startups that want to disrupt media industry. M.A.P. entrants will get to pitch in the presence of experienced marketers in some of the biggest brands and agencies. They will also have the opportunity to network with these professionals and othe...

Overseas business expansion (17%) - tax reliefs/incentives; business matching Commenting on the results of the National Business Survey 2012/13, Mr Ho Meng Kit, CEO, SBF said: "Our members continued to be impacted by the continuing economic uncertainty among our major trading partners...

Startup Grind Singapore, an event series designed to help educate, inspire, and connect local entrepreneurs, will be holding its first fireside chat in the year 2013 with Steven Goh , the CEO and co-Founder of mig33 , a global mobile consumer internet company, and a Director of BellDi...

Meet RedMart, the latest (and greatest?) online mart in Singapore January 12, 2012 by SGE All busy Singaporeans will be happy to know of yet another online store that brings household products right to one’s very doorsteps. The latest addition to the local e-grocery scene, Redmart , c...

Subh is one of the leaders behind the 800-members strong iOS group, iOS Dev Scout. He has been doing iOS application development since late 2008. Prior to diving into iOS development, he worked few years as a Linux and Ruby on Rails developer. He has worked on several iOS applications...

Opera TV store lets you run apps and find content while watching TV. Wish that you can check your Twitter feed while watching that live game, all on the TV? Smart TVs are slowly making a trend globally. Opera recently announced that MediaTek Inc. has integrated the Opera TV Store into...

Optimizing mobile apps for a new platform is not as difficult as it looks, says Tapjoy’s Chris Akhavan. However, you will need to get in on the game early and have a lot of patience. BlackBerry (formerly RIM) has just launched its latest BlackBerry 10 platform , and along with this la...

Terence writes mainly about technology trends and startups in Asia. He believes in crafting smart content: Not just a regurgitation of text, but well thought-out pieces that serve the reader using a combination of data, design, narratives, analysis, and visual impact. His articles hav...

Mobile newsstand SCOOP dramatically increases title selection, launches web store February 6, 2013 by Terence LEE Indonesia’s Scoop , a mobile newsstand app, announced today that it has signed an exclusive deal with Gramedia Book Publishing Group that will see over 10,000 local books ...

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Fireside chat with Steven Goh, cofounder at mig33, at Startup Grind Singapore Welcome back to Startup Grind Singapore! Join the first fire-side chat in the year 2013 with Steven Goh, the CEO and cofounder of mig33, a global mobile consumer internet company, and a Director of BellDirec...

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Never reveal your personal information because you don’t know who might be watching you. Refrain from putting personal details online such as home address or telephone numbers as cybercriminals may use this information and create a fake profile with these details. Do know that everyth...

Cross-platform messaging app LINE is reportedly doubling its user base in Hong Kong every day since end of January, mostly due to the rise in local SMS charges. Cross-platform mobile messaging apps are on the rise, and we’ve actually featured a few here on e27, including LINE, KakaoTa...

Join the DailySocial team on a seven-day DSCVR tour around Indonesia to discover the country’s hidden tech talents. Indonesia is known as one of Southeast Asia’s hottest tech startup scene. With the country’s over 240 million population providing a strong market opportunity, large tal...

JFDI.Asia, a Singapore-based accelerator program has just unveiled the eight selected startup team for its second intake. Those familiar with the startup scene in Singapore would have heard of JFDI . Founded by Hugh Mason and Wong Meng Weng, the 100 days idea to investment accelerator...

Kleii : It aims to become Asia’s Dropbox with additional music streaming service from partnership with local telcos. It raised a first round of funding from Kusto Vietnam and made tremendous growth with 300k registered users in 6 months and almost 1M monthly unique visitors. Appota : ...

Singapore-based startup Burpple has made the news again, this time for launching its Android app . It’s off to a fast start, receiving 25 ratings in less than a day for an average of 4 stars. The food journaling startup — pretty much the media darling of Singapore’s tech scene — has r...

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One nice touch by Twelve South is they added 8 small but strong magnets (4 on the front panel and 4 on the back panel) so that you can remove and attach the panels with ease. The panels also comes with 4 screw holes each to let you have the option of using the provided screws if you d...

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This week we have Michael Rawlinson, who will share with us the job prospects in the UK. Those interested in the Interactive Entertainment Industry should definitely come for the talk! Date/Time: Friday, February 8 at 6:30pm Venue: SR2, Education Resource Centre, University Town. Map:...

Lean Startup: Customer Development with speakers Ray Wu (JFDI), Dinesh Raju (Referral Candy) and Chua TianHao (NomadAsia) For those who are new to what we are doing, Singapore Lean Startup Circle (SLSC) is a monthly meetup at the Hub Singapore where 3 speakers get to speak on a chosen...

Champagne, chocolates, flowers, cards and big romantic gestures. Yes, Valentine’s Day is coming. But you don’t have to be all cliché and buy something that everyone else is buying for each other. Or worse, burn a bigger hole in your wallet with the hike in the prices of these gifts. W...

Husband and wife team Jon Siegel and Waki Yoneoka brings Pecha Kucha back to Singapore with a fresh take. 20 images at 20 seconds each. A total of six minutes and 40 seconds to deliver your presentation. Pecha Kucha is an event of creativity, ideas and insights. The event was hosted t...